Rural-urban Linkages and Sustainable Development in Africa

Description

This book highlights the important role of the complex nature of interactions between rural and urban areas in Africa and how this relates to sustainable development on the continent – one with a fast urbanization rate. The volume critiques the widely held assumption of a societal divide where rural areas are mostly agricultural, whilst urban areas engage in industry and services. Contributors provide conceptual arguments and present case studies in Africa which illustrate the complex and multifaceted interdependencies between cities and rural areas, through the flow of natural resources, people, capital, information, goods and services which directly impacts the socio-ecological as well as economic sustainability of these spaces. This volume forms part of an Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) book series involving the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and 8 partner African universities running Master’s Programs in sustainable development. The book series is intended to serve primarily as undergraduate and graduate instruction materials for courses on sustainable development in Africa, as well as policy input to key developmental issues in Africa.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Rural-urban Linkages and Sustainable Development
Farai Kapfudzaruwa, Shogo Kudo, Melissa Hansen

Chapter 2

Enhancing the Sociological Foundations of Sustainability Science for Better Understanding Rural-urban Linkages in Africa
Michelle R. Brear

Chapter 3

Uneven Development: Urban and Industrial Growth and its Environmental Implications for Rural and Urban Communities in Ghana
Kwasi Adu Obirikorang, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Evans Ewald Nkrumah, Michael Ansong

Chapter 4

Rural-urban Linkages and Impacts of Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Review
Nashiru Sulemana, Franklin N. Mabe, and Eliasu Mumuni

Chapter 5

Urbanisation and Smallholder Livelihood Security in Africa: A Case Study of Coping Strategies of Peri-urban Dwellers in Tamale, Ghana
Nashiru Sulemana and Gerald A.B. Yiran

Chapter 6

Agricultural Markets as Drivers of Rural-Urban Interdependence: Lessons from Selected Produce Assembly Markets in Oyo State, Nigeria
Olushola Fadairo, Siji Olutegbe and Favour Eforuoku

Chapter 7

African Energy Needs and Implications for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Alice Oluoko-Odingo and Emmanuel Mutisya

Chapter 8

Rural-Urban Linkages Facilitated by the Mining Sector in South Africa
Philile Mbatha, Edson Charikinya & Elaine Govender

Chapter 9

Post Mining Recovery and Rural-Urban Linkages: Lessons From Zambia’s Oldest Mining Town
Orleans Mfune, Chibuye Florence Kunda-Wamuwi, Tamara Chansa-Kabali, Moses Chisola, James Manchisi

Chapter 10

Social Enterprises and Social Change: The Role of Higher Education in Rural and Urban Development
Jackline Nyerere

 Chapter 11

Translating Rural-Urban linkages into Practice: Possibilities and Challenges
Orleans Mfune, Farai Kapfudzaruwa & Jackline Nyerere